Thursday, 27 April 1944
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women, respectively, deferred from military or other national service on account of work for E.N.S.A. and in receipt of salaries from N.A.A.F.I....
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that some sanatoria for tuberculosis have been partly closed for lack of nursing and domestic staff; and whether he is taking any action.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a small trader, of whose name he has been in formed, has been directed to work as a tradesman in his own trade for a co-operative society;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether women working in N.A.A.F.I. canteens in camps situated remote from towns are directed to their work so as to ensure adequate service for the soldiers in such...
asked the Minister of Labour the present position of members of dance bands; are they classed as essential war workers; and, what is their position when they refuse to make their services...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Ian Fraser: asked the Minister of Labour when the full machinery of the Disabled Persons Act will be in operation all over the country; and what interim arrangements he is...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether the Government propose to place on local authorities a statutory obligation to provide a minimum number of allotments, with security of...
asked the Minister of Pensions if he has considered the resolution sent to him by the public assistance or social welfare authorities of Scotland concerning disablement pensions to members of His...
Mr. Astor: asked the Secretary of State for India, for what reasons the N.A.A.F.I. do not operate in India; what arrangements are in operation to provide canteen and club facilities for officers...
asked the Secretary of State for India the present duties of General Auchinleck in India; and if his military command includes Burma.
asked the Secretary of State for India if he will take steps to secure the issue to British troops in India of other kinds of cigarette than the unpopular V brand and, at the earliest possible...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether Mr. Gandhi has been suffering from malaria; and what is his general health condition.
asked the Secretary of State for India why Indian workers' representatives at the present I.L.O. Conference are not drawn from the Indian T.U.C.; and whether the Indian T.U.C. were consulted in...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for India if he will make a statement on the policy to be followed to safeguard the interests of members of His Majesty's services in India whose...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take with reference to the recommendations made in the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justices' Clerks...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why, under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Isle of Man Regulation (S.R. & O., No. 331 of 1944), it is provided that a member of the local...
Mr. Higg: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct regional commissioners to cancel the order compelling owners of laid-up motor-cars to deposit spare parts at...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the loss of health, waste of fuel and reduction of output caused by the continuance of blackout conditions during daylight...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to foe in a position to publish the report of the recent Newcastle-upon-Tyne inquiry.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many boys absconded from Borstal in 1942, 1943 and 1944 to date, respectively; and how many were not recaptured.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what cases he has withdrawn the certificates of Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies; whether, in each such case, the responsible officers...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is customary for the deputy mayor of a non-county borough to act as J.P. and in this capacity sit with the ordinary county...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will arrange that in the case of ministers in Northern Ireland being called to the pastorate of churches in Great Britain, or vice...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, owing to the presence of the representatives of enemy countries in Dublin and the working of their espionage system, he will have all...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has participated in the discussions for setting up a United Nations organisation for educational and cultural...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to make a statement of Government policy with regard to control of the prices of houses becoming available for sale.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is a shortage of beds in sanatoria for tuberculosis; and whether he is taking any action.
asked the Minister of Health whether the Mental Nurses Subcommittee appointed under paragraph 2 of the Second Report of the Nurses Salaries Committee, Cmd. 6487, have met and submitted their...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the distress and hardship in many homes owing to the lack of institutional accommodation for mentally defective children, what steps are being taken to...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the statements contained in the recent White Paper on a National Health Service with regard to the Mental Health Service, what steps he is taking to deal...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the requirement that one of the parents shall attend personally at the registrar's office to regis- ter a birth causes hardship when the mother...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how he keeps check of the amount of new money created.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any data exist whereby he can now ascertain what was the value of land as in March, 1939, with or without its present improvements, which may be the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plays are at present being exempted from the payment of Entertainments Duty owing to their educational and non-profit making character; and to how many...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the basic pension of 10s. received by contributory pensioners who are working for wages is taken into account in computing the liability of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any statement to make in respect of the treatment of hon. Members under the Pay-as-you-Earn scheme; and is he aware that the arrangement proposed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the terms of the experts' agreement on an International Currency Fund precludes Great Britain entering into separate currency arrangements with any...
asked the Prime Minister whether the question of migration within the Empire will form a subject for discussion at the meeting of Dominion Prime Ministers; and whether, in view of the paramount...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give an assurance that no foreign State will be given a perpetual title to any portion of the British Empire which may, during the course of the war, have...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give the House the result of the most recent re search as to whether rooks eat more in sects or farmers' crops; and whether it is the policy of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how far the sus- pension of the Warble Fly Order has resulted in deterioration of hides; and what prospects there are of obtaining supplies of the dressing...
asked the Minister of Agriculture on what date was TyGwyn Farm graded "B"; and since what date has it been graded "A."
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Ian Fraser: asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will take steps to secure for the agricultural Industry economic security for at least four years, following the precedent...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the annual cost of the East Suffolk War Agricultural Committee, with administrative charges for the latest available date.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many complaints he has received from wholesale: purchasers of agricultural produce that some farmers do not possess proper scales for weighing that...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether the Fishery Board concerned was consulted before the Minister concurred in the suspension of Section 8 of the Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1933, by the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the particular strain of the times and the special need for people to get as much repose and recreation as possible, he will arrange to keep...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will give instructions that Members of Parliament shall be supplied upon application with a copy of the British Imperial Calendar and Civil Service List.
On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker. The Government is about to grant a concession for a high powered broadcasting station to an Allied—
Before I call on Business Questions I will ask the Deputy Prime Minister to make a statement, because I think it will be for the convenience of the House.
Will the Leader of the House state the Business for next week?
Ordered: "That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills."
Considered in Committee [Progress, 26th April].
Question again proposed, That it is expedient to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance."—[Sir J. Anderson.]
Resolution reported:
"That the power of the Treasury to raise money under Section one of the National Loans Act, 1939, shall include power to raise any money required for raising any supply granted to His Majesty for...
"to extend the powers of the Treasury to raise money under section one of the National Loans Act, 1939"; presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and...
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Wednesfield, a copy of which...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Boulton.]
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